Teats Make Gains On The Slay Front
Jan 25 dispatch reports Lt George Tuynemer downing his twenty seventh aeroplane marking continued Allied air gains on the Western front. Berlin reports Baron von Massenbach named head of the new war feeding board to boost agricultural production as fighting continues in Riga and Tirul Marsh with German assaults repulsed.
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Geo. Tuynemer
War Office
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Baron von Massenbach
Department War Feeding Board
Paris
Petrograd
Riga
Tirul
Germans Capture Russian Positions on Russo Galician Front
Berlin reports German forces captured Russian positions along a six mile front at the northern end of the Russo Galician line. The war office confirms the gain as part of ongoing operations in the area.
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Berlin
Gersians
War Office
Provo Considers Ban On Close Dances And Dim Lights
A Provo draft ordinance by City Attorney Jacob Coleman aims to curb close hugging and dim lighting at public dances across Utah county. If enacted it would apply to cities and hamlets, stemming from a movement to ban vulgar dancing and extend countywide.
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Provo
Utah County
Jacob Coleman
Mains Frozen and Thawed in City Water Crisis
The city stations two thawing machines on frozen mains after twenty services opened yesterday. About 200 reports of frozen services flood in daily, and several mains on North Garfield avenue were found broken. Thawing equipment is limited by low kilowatt capacity, leaving many residents waiting for warmer weather. Nearby towns report similar conditions, while ideas range from water wagons to improvised solutions none highly practical. One proposed, unorthodox remedy involves using bootleg whiskey to create a non freezing liquid for reservoirs.
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Water Department
Garfield Avenue
Smith
Boise
Payette
Weiser
Pocatello
Salt Lake
Mil
Eriff Mabey
Conference rejects peace offer motion at Manchester meeting
The labor conference defeated by more than three to one a resolution urging immediate peace proposals. It also rejected a motion for an international conference of Socialists to meet with the peace conference. Some delegates argued Socialist delegates from entente countries could not participate in this manner.
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Manchester
England
Labor Conference
Merimans
Educators Claim Counties Lose Money Over Tax Plan
A Bonner County official and a county commissioners’ resolution oppose a proposed state law for education funding. They warn that a 2.3 mill levy would shift costs, disadvantaging northern counties that hold half the state’s wealth. Opposition grows among northern legislators and residents.
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Jesse Hawkins Tuck
Bonner County
Board of County Commissioners
Tuck
Copper firm electrolytic quarterly prices noted
New York reports copper firmness with first quarter at 29.32 and a half, second and third quarters at 50 cents higher, illustrating stable electrolytic copper pricing data as of late January.
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New York
Wheat and corn futures fall in Chicago market update
Chicago market report notes closing prices for May wheat at 1.84 and corn at 1.02 with oats at 58, reflecting ongoing shifts in agricultural commodities.
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Chicago
Giant Battleship Mississippi to be Launched Today
Newport News Va January 25 The battleship Mississippi one of the world’s most efficient fighting machines will be launched today. Miss Camille McBeath of Meridian Miss will christen the ship which, without armament, costs near eight million dollars. The vessel mirrors the Pennsylvania and Arizona class with a 21 knot speed and 32 000-ton displacement.
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Newport News
Camille McBeath
Meridian
Miss
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Curtis
Carlson Takes Over Hall Hardware in City
The Hall Hardware store at 218 North Main street has been sold to Carlson Hardware, successors to Carlson & Lusk. The Hall stock will join Carlson stock and the merged business will operate from 218 North Main street, with Winn C. Tatro as manager and A. E. Carlson as president.
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The
Hall Hardware Company
Thomas Hall
Carlson Hardware Company
Carlson & Lusk Company
West Center Street
Hall Retail Hardware
North Main Street
Hall
Idaho
Carlson
Winn
C. Tatro
A. E. Carlson
Catherine Carlson
Filipinos Denied Guard Service in Hawaii
Nationwide uproar follows U S District Judge Horace W Vaughn ruling that Filipinos are not eligible for U S citizenship. Hawaii National Guard faces potential disbanding as about two thousand Filipino soldiers may lose status. territorial officials warn the guard could lose its fighting strength if the decision stands.
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Honolulu
T. H
Hawaiian National Guard
United States
Horace W. Vaughn
National Guard
National Guard of
Hawaii
Filippinos
Vaughn
Short Line Plans Four Million Dollar Expansion This Year
The Short Line announces a $4 million program of extensive upgrades and new construction for the season. Plans include expanded shops and engine houses, a subway at Drider Street and another at the stock yard crossing, 135 miles of new track, ten Mikado locomotives, and significant road and station improvements from Granger Wyoming to Huntington Oregon, plus Salt Lake terminal enhancements. The project aims to connect directly with Utah coal fields and will employ hundreds in Idaho with a large local payroll and substantial state tax contributions.
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Short Line
Dridger Street
Board of County Commissioners
Harriman
Granger
Wyo
Huntington
Ore
Idaho
Salt Lake
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Utah
H. V. Platt
Union Pacific
Attempted assassination of Yukio Ozaki shocks Tokyo crowd
In Tokyo on January 25 two armed men tried to stab Yukio Ozaki the former justice minister and constitutionalist leader while he spoke at a mass meeting. The attackers were arrested and rougher violence left two others beaten by the audience. The Diet dissolution followed days later as controversy over Count Terauchi's premiership sparked a political crisis and public disapproval.
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Tokio
Yukio Ozaki
Constitutionalist Party
Ozaki
Count Terauchi
Japan
Associated Press
Millions For Rural Post Roads Aided
Washington announces second annual apportionment of 10 million dollars to aid states in constructing rural post roads for the term ending June 30, 1918. Notable allocations include Arizona 137000, Colorado 167000, South Dakota 161000, Utah 113000, Wyoming 122000 with further sums planned for 1919 1920 and 1921.
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Washington
Houston
Arizona
Colorado
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Letting Well Enough Alone in Indies
Washington January 25 The form of government for the Danish West Indies was debated by Secretary Lansing and Senator Stone Stone urged continuing the present government as closely as possible under the guidance of an army or naval officer Lansing reportedly agreed to the plan The note reflects a cautious approach to imperial administration in the Caribbean amid postwar policy debates
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Washington
Danish West Indies
Lansing
Stone
Congress of constructive patriotism opens three day session
Washington January 26. The Congress of Constructive Patriotism convenes a three day session to unify patriotic societies for national preparedness against war. Alton B Parker of New York presides as over a score of speakers, under the National Security League. Graham Blaine and Charles Coolidge Harvard students rebut testimony that the institution opposes military training. Reported vote was 800 for and 39 against.
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Washington
Congress of Constructive Patriotism
Alton B. Parker
New York
National Security League
Graham Blaine
Charles Coolidge
Harvard
Food Exports Fall by 43 Million in U S Trade
United States food exports dropped last year by 43 million dollars. The department of commerce reports exports valued at 745 million, down from 788 million in the prior year.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Illinois Town Honors Wanderer With Public Funeral
Avon Illinois residents halted business for a half day to honor Patrick Riley a friend who died of exposure at a pauper's grave. Villages shops closed and floral offerings were placed as the hearse proceeded to the cemetery.
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Avon, Ill
Patrick Riley
First Steps Toward New Masonic Temple in Pocatello
Portneuf Lodge No. 18 A F and A M plans a February 7 meeting to authorize a building committee to buy Lots 11 12 13 and 14 in Block 454 and begin financing and planning a new Masonic temple in Pocatello. The land known as the Flanders property on Lander Street and Arthur Avenue sits opposite the high school.
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Pocatello
Portneuf Lodge
Lodge
D. W. Church
Great Northwest
Portneuf
Flander
Landerstreet and
Arthur Avenue
Pocatello High School
Wireless That Never Came From Berlin Dispatch
A wireless dispatch said to be sent by Ambassador Gerard from Berlin at the urging of the German government, conveying the German official view of the president's peace address, had not arrived at the state department by today.
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Washington
State Department
Gerard
Berlin
Mixed board preferred to a rigid law
Railway labor leaders presented to President Wilson a proposal for a compromise on the railway legislative program. They urged replacing a pending strike or lockout prohibition with a mixed board of employers and employees to investigate and settle each dispute.
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Washington
Railway Brotherhood
Wilson
Man Housekeeper Has His Troubles
Joseph Gaynor a giant in statute was arraigned before Judge Stelk on charges of cruelly whipping his two year old daughter. He says his troubles began when he became house keeper after an injury to his foot left him unable to support his wife and two children. His wife then worked in a factory to help with expenses and he grew accustomed to the arrangement.
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Chicago
Ill
Joseph Gaynor
Stelk
Gaynor
Not Pressing Peace Project Delays Senate Debate
Washington reports Senator Cummins did not press a resolution to set aside time for a peace address debate. The Senate began work on appropriation bills as the president conferred with Senator Stone and others. Officials discussed avoiding a protracted peace debate to keep legislation moving toward March 4 with harmonious action.
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Washington
Cummins
Senate
Stone
Federal grand jury returns ninety nine indictments in Ohio fraud probe
Cincinnati January 25 six sealed indictments naming ninety nine individuals as defendants were returned by a federal grand jury investigating alleged election frauds. The names were given to the U S marshal and will be brought into court under capias as soon as apprehended.
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Cincinnati
Caplas
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R. O. Pierce
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Illinois
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Ohio
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